RCW 43.216.8275: Subsidy payment claims—Child attendance. (Effective July 1, 2027.)

(1) The department shall adopt rules related to child care provider subsidy payments that allow licensed or certified child care providers who accept state subsidy payments to claim daily subsidy payments as follows:

(a) For a child who has attended for 16 or more days in a calendar month, a provider may claim payment for the full number of authorized days;

(b) For a child who has attended nine to 15 days in a calendar month, a provider may claim payment for the full number of authorized days, or for 15 days, whichever is fewer; and

(c) For a child who has attended one to eight days in a calendar month, a provider may claim payment for the full number of authorized days, or for 11 days, whichever is fewer.

(2) Daily subsidy payments must be paid in half-day or partial-day rates, as established in rule, for a child authorized for and receiving half-day or partial-day care.